Patents Ordinance, 2000 — section 57

57. Inspection of, and extracts from, the Register, etc..—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and rules, the Register shall at all convenient times be open to inspection by the public, and certified copies, sealed with the seal of the Patent Office, of any entry in the Register shall be given to any person requiring them on payment of the prescribed fee.

(2)The Register shall be prima facie evidence of any matters required or authorized by or under this Ordinance to be entered therein.

(3)Except in the case of an application made under section 55, a document in respect of which no entry has been made in the Register under sub-section (3) of section 54 shall not be admitted in any Court as evidence of title of any person to a patent or share of or interest in the patent unless the Court otherwise directs. CHAPTER XVI COMPULSORY LICENCES, LICENCES OF RIGHT, EXPLOITING OF PATENTS AND REVOCATION